FSUOGM - Former Soviet Union Oil & Gas

9 September 2022

Belarus increases oil production and plans common oil market with Russia

8 September 2022

Amid the EU’s current energy crisis, Belarus and Russia are expanding their energy co-operation and Belarus is even increasing its oil production despite Western sanctions against its oil exports.

INTERVIEW: "The European gas crisis is caused by Gazprom, they don't want to supply gas" – Sergiy Makogon, CEO of GTSOU

7 September 2022

Fears of a brutal winter are sending chills through Europe, even more so after Russia stopped gas flows through Nord Stream 1 indefinitely last week citing an alleged oil leak.

S&P cuts Kazakhstan outlook to negative amid fears of Russian hand on oil export tap

7 September 2022

Oil accounts for around 15% of Kazakh GDP. Russia has ability to block pipeline via which its neighbour transits 80% of its crude bound for global markets.

Sanctions leakage: oil and gas

7 September 2022

Not only have the extreme sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in February not crushed the economy, Russia is making a killing from the war thanks to the abundant leaks in the sanction regime.

Repairs to power lines at ZNPP currently impossible, says Ukrainian Energy Minister after final power unit shutdown

6 September 2022

The hostilities around the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) have made it impossible to repair the final power line, which was disconnected following a fire at the plant, Ukrinform reported on September 5.

Iran implies West needs nuclear deal more than it does amid ‘crippling energy crisis’

5 September 2022

Tehran serves reminder that ‘winter is approaching’ and Europe needs Iran’s oil and gas on the market.

MOSCOW BLOG: Economic war phase 2

5 September 2022

Russia launched its Phase 2 of its military campaign in Ukraine in April, when it withdrew from northern Ukraine to concentrate its forces on taking Donbas. Now it has launched its Phase 2 of its economic war against Europe by stopping the gas flows.

Russia's indefinite closure of Nord Stream 1 triggers another price spike

5 September 2022

Natural gas prices surged after Russia halted its biggest pipeline to Europe indefinitely, plunging the region deeper into a crisis that could push major economies into recession and force rationing.

Gazprom and Hungary agree on additional gas deliveries for winter

5 September 2022

Agreement guarantees the delivery of up to another 5.8 mcm gas per day to Hungary in September and October.

How much Azeri gas can head to Europe?

4 September 2022

Europe has approached Azerbaijan as a source of additional gas to eliminate more Russian imports. But how much extra gas the country may provide, beyond the 10 bcm per year it is already sending, will depend on exploration results and Turkish assent.

The G7 announces an oil cap price sanctions scheme, but will it work?

4 September 2022

G7 finance ministers agreed on September 2 to impose an oil price cap on the Russian oil trade starting December 5 that is supposed to reduce the revenue the Kremlin earns from its exports but gave few details of how the scheme will work.

New gas well launched in Lviv region

3 September 2022

A new gas well in Ukraine’s Lviv region was launched with the co-operation of Expert Petroleum and Ukrgazvydobuvannya, Ukraine Business News reported on September 2.